(505 ILCS 87/1)
Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Garden Act.
(Source: P.A. 102-180, eff. 1-1-22.)
(505 ILCS 87/5)
Sec. 5. Purpose. The Act's purpose is to encourage and protect the sustainable cultivation of fresh produce at all levels of production, including on residential property for personal consumption or non-commercial sharing.
(Source: P.A. 102-180, eff. 1-1-22.)
(505 ILCS 87/10)
Sec. 10. Vegetable garden defined. As used in this Act, the term "vegetable garden" means any plot of ground or elevated soil bed on residential property where vegetables, herbs, fruits, flowers, pollinator plants, leafy greens, or other edible plants are cultivated.
(Source: P.A. 102-180, eff. 1-1-22.)
(505 ILCS 87/15)
Sec. 15. Right to cultivate vegetable gardens. Notwithstanding any other law, any person may cultivate vegetable gardens on their own property, or on the private property of another with the permission of the owner, in any county, municipality, or other political subdivision of this state.
(Source: P.A. 102-180, eff. 1-1-22.)
(505 ILCS 87/20)
Sec. 20. Home rule. A home rule unit may not regulate gardens in a manner inconsistent with this Act. This Section is a limitation under subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home rule units of powers and functions exercised by the State.
(Source: P.A. 102-180, eff. 1-1-22.)
(505 ILCS 87/25)
Sec. 25. State and local regulation still permitted. Section 20 of this Act notwithstanding, this Act does not preclude the adoption of a regulation or local ordinance of general nature that does not specifically regulate vegetable gardens, including, but not limited to, regulations and ordinances relating to height, setback, water use, fertilizer use, or control of invasive or unlawful species, provided that any such regulation or ordinance does not have the effect of precluding vegetable gardens.
(Source: P.A. 102-180, eff. 1-1-22.)
Structure Illinois Compiled Statutes
505 ILCS 5/ - Agricultural Areas Conservation and Protection Act.
505 ILCS 10/ - Agricultural Experiences Act.
505 ILCS 15/ - Agricultural Statistics Act.
505 ILCS 17/ - Agricultural Production Contract Code.
505 ILCS 25/ - Beef Market Development Act.
505 ILCS 30/ - Illinois Commercial Feed Act of 1961.
505 ILCS 35/ - Illinois Conservation Enhancement Act.
505 ILCS 40/ - Illinois Corn Marketing Act.
505 ILCS 45/ - County Cooperative Extension Law.
505 ILCS 57/ - Illinois Family Farmer Support Act.
505 ILCS 60/ - Farm Names Act.
505 ILCS 70/ - Farm Products Marketing Act.
505 ILCS 72/ - Farmer Equity Act.
505 ILCS 75/ - Farmland Preservation Act.
505 ILCS 80/ - Illinois Fertilizer Act of 1961.
505 ILCS 82/ - Food and Agriculture Research Act.
505 ILCS 85/ - Illinois Grain Quality Program Act of 1988.
505 ILCS 86/ - Grain Coloring Act.
505 ILCS 89/ - Industrial Hemp Act.
505 ILCS 90/ - Insect Pest and Plant Disease Act.
505 ILCS 95/ - Illinois Milk Promotion Act.
505 ILCS 100/ - Illinois Noxious Weed Law.
505 ILCS 106/ - Illinois Rivers-Friendly Farmer Program Act.
505 ILCS 110/ - Illinois Seed Law.
505 ILCS 115/ - Illinois Sheep and Wool Production Development and Marketing Act.
505 ILCS 120/ - Soil Amendment Act.
505 ILCS 125/ - Soil Conservation Domestic Allotment Act.
505 ILCS 130/ - Soybean Marketing Act.
505 ILCS 135/ - Sustainable Agriculture Act.
505 ILCS 140/ - Watershed Improvement Act.
505 ILCS 145/ - Wheat Development Act.
505 ILCS 147/ - Renewable Energy Facilities Agricultural Impact Mitigation Act.